# Bombardier hands over first Traxx locomotive to Transnet in South Africa

Bombardier and Transnet celebrated the handover of the first of 240 Bombardier Traxx electric locomotives for freight traffic in South Africa, at Transnet Engineering's assembly plant in Durban on December 7, 2017. The contract was awarded in 2014 and is valued at approximately ZAR 15 billion (EUR 933 million).

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-12-07
- Where: Durban, South Africa
- Value: $1.10B (933.0M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 240 locomotives
- Products: electric locomotives
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Bombardier Transportation](https://endata.com/companies/260.md)
- [Transnet](https://endata.com/companies/24054.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [railwaypro.com](https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/first-traxx-locomotive-africa-handed/), 2017-12-08: "The handover and acceptance of the first Traxx locomotive Africa is fantastic news."

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